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Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior
Nemesis, the winged balancer of life, is the goddess of revenge, the avenger of crimes and punisher of wicked doers. She distributes fortune, good or bad, in due proportion to each according to what is deserved. The wheel of fate rests against her side and she holds scales to measure each man's just deserts. The cornucopia seems to indicate that Nemesis favors Marcianopolis and brings prosperity.RP71792. Bronze pentassarion, H-J Marcianopolis 6.38.35.5 (same dies, R5), Varbanov I 2051 (R3), AMNG I/I 1185, Moushmov 834, F, well centered, flan crack, Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria) mint, weight 13.129g, maximum diameter 28.1mm, die axis 45o, cos. legate Tertullianus, May 241 - 25 Feb 244; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CEB, TPANKIΛ/ΛEINA (ending in two lines below the busts), confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse YΠ TEPTYΛΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛI,T/Ω/N (final three letters in right field), Homonoia standing left, holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, E (mark of value) in left field; SOLD
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